Lower East Side convoy ambush

The Lower East Side convoy ambush occurred in the spring of 2008 when the Faustin crime family ambushed a convoy of government vehicles transporting former Secretary of Security Enforcement Bobby Jefferson as it headed from New York City's Grand Central Terminal to the Civic Center in Lower Manhattan. Jefferson was supposed to deliver a speech on the threat posed by Eastern European organized crime, namely the Russian Mafia, to the mayor's office and the press at city hall, and Russian crime boss Dimitri Rascalov wanted to silence him before he could make his speech. The Russians set up roadblocks on the Lower East Side under the pretense that they were set up for construction purposes, and Russian mobsters ambushed the convoy as it halted. Fortunately for Jefferson, his friend Jon Gravelli had sent Niko Bellic to escort him to the Civic Center, and Bellic gunned down several Russians before they could harm Jefferson. He then drove Jefferson to the Civic Center while shaking off pursuing Russian mobsters, and Jefferson managed to deliver his speech, causing the mayor to allocate more of his budget to fighting organized crime.